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At midyear, less-than-truckload carriers were enjoying a strong demand for their services as the economy continued to expand — with growth coming from freight-generating manufacturers and not just service providers.

Click here to write a Letter to the Editor. he intermodal freight sector has been growing by leaps and bounds, and has already exceeded coal as the top revenue generator for the U.S. railroad industry.

Yellow Says 2Q Earnings to Exceed Previous Guidance • Price of Crude Oil Hits a Five-Week High in N.Y. • Freightliner Spokesman Says Company May Add Workers • Jobless Claims Fall to 310,000 Last Week • And more...

Republican Senate and House leaders traded criticisms last week as lawmakers continued to struggle over a six-year spending bill to determine much of what happens to America’s roads, ports and transit systems.

Union employees at Freightliner LLC's truck manufacturing plant in Portland, Ore., voted Tuesday to accept three-year labor contracts, news services reported.

The average retail price for diesel fuel rose 1.5 cents to $1.716 per gallon, the Department of Energy said Tuesday, the first weekly increase since May 17.

Tennessee implemented new requirements last week that limit driver licenses for both passenger and commercial vehicles only to U.S. citizens or permanent residents, in what state officials said was the strictest license policy in the nation.

ATA Economist Says Recovery Broad-Based Within Trucking • Survey Finds Many Large Companies Expect to Hire • Logistics Market Fragmented, NAFC Told

The Department of Transportation said Tuesday its Transportation Services Index rose 0.8% in April to a record 124.4, while the freight TSI also hit a new high.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration should change some of its definitions of injury and not record commercial motor vehicle accident information when the agency institutes its Site Specific Targeting Enforcement Program, American Trucking Associations said.